Notice2026-07384
Notice of Intended Repatriation: Dearborn Historical Museum, Dearborn, MI
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Published
April 16, 2026
Issuing agencies
Interior DepartmentNational Park Service
Abstract
In accordance with the Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act (NAGPRA), the Dearborn Historical Museum intends to repatriate certain cultural items that meet the definition of sacred objects/objects of cultural patrimony and that have a cultural affiliation with the Indian Tribes or Native Hawaiian organizations in this notice.
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[Federal Register Volume 91, Number 73 (Thursday, April 16, 2026)]
[Notices]
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From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2026-07384]
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
National Park Service
[N7086; NPS-WASO-NAGPRA-NPS0042607; PPWOCRADN0-PCU00RP14.R50000]
Notice of Intended Repatriation: Dearborn Historical Museum,
Dearborn, MI
AGENCY: National Park Service, Interior.
ACTION: Notice.
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SUMMARY: In accordance with the Native American Graves Protection and
Repatriation Act (NAGPRA), the Dearborn Historical Museum intends to
repatriate certain cultural items that meet the definition of sacred
objects/objects of cultural patrimony and that have a cultural
affiliation with the Indian Tribes or Native Hawaiian organizations in
this notice.
DATES: Repatriation of the cultural items in this notice may occur on
or after May 18, 2026.
ADDRESSES: Send additional, written requests for repatriation of the
cultural items in this notice to Karely Byrd-Nowsch, Dearborn
Historical Museum, 915 S Brady Street, Dearborn, MI 48124, email
<a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#5b303922293f35342c2838331b3f3e3a2939342935753c342d"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="5f343d262d3b3130282c3c371f3b3a3e2d3d302d3171383029">[email protected]</span></a>.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This notice is published as part of the
National Park Service's administrative responsibilities under NAGPRA.
The determinations in this notice are the sole responsibility of the
Dearborn Historical Museum and additional information on the
determinations in this notice, including the results of consultation,
can be found in the summary or related records. The National Park
Service is not responsible for the determinations in this notice.
Abstract of Information Available
A total of two cultural items have been requested for repatriation.
The two sacred objects/objects of cultural patrimony are one basket
sifter and one pair of moccasins. The basket comes from a collection
that was donated to the museum in 1956 by the Logan Museum of
Anthropology at Beloit College in Wisconsin. Records for this object
state it is of Iroquois origin. The record states no additional
acquisition information originating from the Logan Museum of
Anthropology. The pair of moccasins comes from a collection donated to
the museum in 1963 by Floyd Haight. The moccasins had been given to his
sister-in-law who had worked at Stewart Boarding School near Carson
City, NV. Record stated that the moccasins were believed to be worn by
Paiutes, upon consultation it was determined the cultural affiliation
as Haudenosaunee. Further consultation confirmed cultural affiliation.
The Dearborn Historical Museum reports no known presence of any
hazardous substances on either object; hazardous treatments have not
been historically used at the Dearborn Historical Museum.
Determinations
The Dearborn Historical Museum has determined that:
<bullet> The two sacred objects/objects of cultural patrimony
described in this notice are, according to the Native American
traditional knowledge of an Indian Tribe or Native Hawaiian
organization, specific ceremonial objects needed by a traditional
Native American religious leader for present-day adherents to practice
traditional Native American religion, and have ongoing historical,
traditional, or cultural importance central to the Native American
group, including any constituent sub-group (such as a band, clan,
lineage, ceremonial society, or other subdivision).
<bullet> There is a connection between the cultural items described
in this notice and the Seneca Nation of Indians.
Requests for Repatriation
Additional, written requests for repatriation of the cultural items
in this notice must be sent to the authorized representative identified
in this notice under ADDRESSES. Requests for repatriation may be
submitted by any lineal descendant, Indian Tribe, or Native Hawaiian
organization not identified in this notice who shows, by a
preponderance of the evidence, that the requestor is a lineal
descendant or a culturally affiliated Indian Tribe or Native Hawaiian
organization.
Repatriation of the cultural items in this notice to a requestor
may occur on or after May 18, 2026. If competing requests for
repatriation are received, the Dearborn Historical Museum must
determine the most appropriate requestor prior to repatriation.
Requests for joint repatriation of the cultural items are considered a
single request and not competing requests. The Dearborn Historical
Museum is responsible for sending a copy of this notice to the Indian
Tribes and Native Hawaiian organizations identified in this notice and
to any other consulting parties.
Authority: Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act,
25 U.S.C. 3004 and the implementing regulations, 43 CFR 10.9.
Dated: April 8, 2026.
Melanie O'Brien,
Manager, National NAGPRA Program.
[FR Doc. 2026-07384 Filed 4-15-26; 8:45 am]
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